What do you listen to in the car?

i record rep comments given to me and play them back for myself on a loop.

Satellite radio is the greatest thing evah.

I voted for CD/MP3, etc, but we also download a lot of podcasts, especially from NPR. We listen to the radio now & then but I can't understand them yet.

Oh, and our car is dead right now so my answer is Nothing until February when my parents bring an alternator.

I got a new MP3 player for Christmas, so pretty much that.

CD's--Loreena McKennitt.

I like blasting Linkin Park, and Staind, but I suffer road rage, so Loreena McKennitt keeps me from killing my fellow drivers.

It depends - sometimes talk radio (NJ101.5) and sometimes regular radio. Sometimes a CD (I've got Springsteen's Magic in the player now.)

Sometimes it's screaming kids, but that's why God made the volume control and good speakers

Arrrrgggh! Absolutely nothing at the moment because I had a starter motor fixed a couple of days ago, and they hever bothered to track down and enter the stereo's security code after the battery was hooked up again. I of course discovered this as I embarked on a four hour trip. Arrrggggh!

A lot of times, the car is the only place in my life that's quiet. Why ruin it?

You left out "Myself shouting obscenities at all the morons with whom I must share the road."

It depends. Sometimes AM for the news, sometimes FM for music, sometimes a tape, sometimes the kids, sometimes that annoying buzzing sound from my fan when I get above 60mph.

ETA: Oh, yeah, what joe says about shouting obscenities.

I'm lucky to live in an area with a really good NPR station.

NPR is a beautiful thing.

I find conversation with hitch-hikers the best of all (apparently not something you readily do in the States). Picked a guy up the other day, who'd just got back from working in US and Mexico, and it made the trip go in no time. We had a fascinating conversation about our best and worst LSD trips when younger. True. It was interesting.

that pretty much stopped in the U.S. after the late 1970's or so. i'd love to see new zeland. that would be so much fun.

I mainly listen to my iPod if I'm going to be driving long distances. Other than that, just the plain 'ol radio.

whoops, sorry III, i posted at the same time as me

My car doesn't have ipod connection, but I listen to O&A in the AM and local talk in the afternoon drive. Portuguese language CDs, and occasional Cds when not going to or from work.

Kinda wastes the $2000 stereo I added when I was in my mid 20s and had no hearing damage yet.

III said:

Yeah, hitchhiking pretty much stopped in the U.S. after the 70's. Now I wanna hitch across New Zeland. That would be so much fun.

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cray said:

that pretty much stopped in the U.S. after the late 1970's or so. i'd love to see new zeland. that would be so much fun.

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Quite honestly, a thought that has often flicked through my mind is that if I was stinking rich (which I'm not) instead of flat broke (which I am) it would be really tempting to pay for a swag of AWers airfares to meet up somewhere, hire a camper or two and share some real life for a couple of weeks or whatever.

Honest to God, it is something that has often flicked through my mind. Just to meet them, and to have a real shared experience to look back at.

akiwiguy said:

Quite honestly, a thought that has often flicked through my mind is that if I was stinking rich (which I'm not) instead of flat broke (which I am) it would be really tempting to pay for a swag of AWers airfares to meet up somewhere, hire a camper or two and share some real life for a couple of weeks or whatever.

Honest to God, it is something that has often flicked through my mind. Just to meet them, and to have a real shared experience to look back at.

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Anyone think this sounds like Road Rules / Real World with more alcohol and flirting?

MattW said:

Anyone think this sounds like Road Rules / Real World with more alcohol and flirting?

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To be honest it would have to take a hell of a lot of alcohol to find myself flirting with III.

Nah, beyond all the drugs/alsohol stuff these days. Perhaps a few cans at night as we regale ourselves with improvised story-telling.